{Baby Bump — 34 week update}

outfit details: polka dot tank, Old Navy | sweater, Forever 21 | moss cords, Gap | gray flower flats, Target

Although Thursday night was not the *best* night for Zack + I, the evening’s events meant we were able to listen our baby’s heartbeat for the better part of an hour. And Zack recorded it… so it has been the soundtrack to my dreams ever since :)

We were in a minor car accident around 8:30pm as we were leaving the grocery store + on our way home. We were hardly out of the parking lot when it happened, so crazy! Our Jeep needs only a few repairs, however the cost is so high that our insurance company is declaring the Jeep as totaled. Ahhh! At first it was super frustrating — we had recently paid off a good amount of unexpected medical bills from our time in Minneapolis, and were feeling so proud. And then this, a car accident that not only caught us totally off guard, but happened at 34 weeks pregnant! And I was with Zack when it happened, so off to Labor + Delivery we went for a check-up. They monitored the baby’s heartbeat, my contractions (I was having a few super minor ones) + the fluid around baby. In the end, we are so blessed/thankful to hear our Baby is OK.

It’s been an emotional few days. I have thought long + hard since Thursday night how our money isn’t even our money to begin with, it’s Gods. It comes from Him and He blesses it to us to take care of ourselves + others. Who cares about payments and invoices and car repair estimates, right??!

What does matter is this one wild + precious gift of life we’ve all been given. Oh, it is so precious.

Even though the weekend started off on a yucky note, we had such a great weekend filled with lots of rest, friend time + a great church service yesterday morning. I say all these things make up for Thursday night, for sure :)

I am anticipating Baby girl or Baby boy’s arrival even more now :) And I’m pretty sure my admiration for Zack — how well he takes care of our family all the time — tripled on Thursday night. Our car was barely moving at the time of the accident but the car we hit was moving at normal city speeds, and everything happened at just the right moment to cause some pretty costly damage to our Jeep. But regardless, Zack is already the perfect father, taking charge + driving us to the hospital, and I am so proud to be his wife :)

We definitely had angels around our car that night, and a few more have surrounded our family since then. We feel so thankful…

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I feel like Baby has dropped a bit — just enough to make it easier to breath and talk without running out of air {ha!}. But also enough to make things rather uncomfortable/challenging. I’m starting to understand what y’all meant when you shared that come time for delivery I’ll do anything to get this baby out. Ummm, I’m almost there ;)

Baby should be measuring about 20″ and weighs about 5.5 lbs. Baby has also been sticking out his or her tush because alllllll day long I can find a little bottom to rub. It’s so cute! The movements are greater in the evening and increase as I get ready for bed. Sometimes I just lay there, rubbing my belly and thinking about how in just a few weeks {today I’m technically 35 weeks 3 days} there’ll be fresh baby skin laying next to me in bed. It’s so surreal.

I know you’re just dying to know: YES, I am still craving fruit. This week it’s mandarin oranges, mango + anything dried {apples, raisins, bananas}. We started putting together our hospital bag, purchasing a few snacks to bring with us/necessities for our special day, and we’ll be setting up the dresser this week. Baby is starting to take up more + more “space” in our apartment. I’m on Cloud Nine constantly :) Once we figure out what to do with the Jeep we’ll install the car seat.

Yeow! So many exciting things happening… it’s nice to have itty bitty baby stuff to focus on as I begin to feel more + more uncomfortable.

But don’t worry Baby, you’re absolutely, positively worth it :)

See you soon, little one! xoxo, mama